# Shovels

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shovels/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Shovels is the intelligence layer for the built world, providing building permit data and contractor intelligence aggregated from 1,800+ jurisdictions across the United States. The platform offers 130M+ building permits, 2.3M+ contractor profiles, property details, resident information, and geographic market metrics. Shovels helps materials suppliers, construction tech companies, energy and climate firms, home services companies, real estate professionals, and telecommunications providers identify qualified contractors, understand work history, and power sales and marketing with rich permit data.

## Kin Score — 36.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 70.2 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 29.6 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **Shovels Addresses API** — The Addresses API from Shovels — 4 operation(s) for addresses.
- **Shovels Contractors API** — The Contractors API from Shovels — 5 operation(s) for contractors.
- **Shovels Geography API** — The Geography API from Shovels — 7 operation(s) for geography.
- **Shovels Lists API** — The Lists API from Shovels — 1 operation(s) for lists.
- **Shovels Meta API** — The Meta API from Shovels — 2 operation(s) for meta.
- **Shovels Permits API** — The Permits API from Shovels — 2 operation(s) for permits.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Shovels Agentic Access** — 21 operations

## Security (3)

- **Shovels Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Shovels Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Shovels Trust Center** — SOC 2

## Plans (1)

- **Shovels Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Construction, Building Permits, Contractors, Real-Estate, Property Data, Market Intelligence

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/shovels/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.